Money-transmitting envelop.



OOOOQDO W. P. FAULKNER.

MONEY TRANSMITTING ENVELOP.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 10. 1914.

Patented Apr. 27, 1915.

000000 ooo/ A TTOR/l/EY 'WILLIAM P. FAULKNER, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

MONEY-TRANSMITTING nNvELoP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patent-ed Apr. 27, 1915.

Application filed July 10, 1914. Serial No. 850,162.

To all whom it may concern Be it known thatI, WILLIAM P. FAULK- NEH, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Money-Transmitting Envelop, of which the following is a com plete specification.

My invention relates to money transmitting envelops which are employed in transmitting money, checks and securities to and from banks and other depositories by mail, express, messenger or other transporting means. and the objects of invention areFirst. To provide an inexpensive eiivelop for transmitting money and. securities which will prevent removal of same until the remitters seal is broken. Second. To provide a pocket for the envelop to hold paper money and which may be folded to lie within the envelop and sealed simultaneously with the sealing of the envelop. Third. To provide a tearing cable within the envelop whereby the latter may be transversely separated to expose the inclosure for verification and without breaking the remitters seal. I accomplish these and other objects that will hereinafter appear by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1. is a view of the envelop showing the same in normally unfolded condition and the transversely extending tearing cable attached thereto. Fig. 2. is a View of the envelop showing the pocket formed and folded to lie within the envelop and show ing the inclosures held in place by the pocket. Fig. 3 is a view of the envelop folded in operative form showing the method of simultaneously sealing the envelop and pocket, and Fig. 4. is a view of the pocket portion of the envelop holding the inclosures after the envelop has been separated by the tearing cable.

Similar reference numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The numeral 1 indicates my money transmitting envelop in its normally unfolded condition, and which consists substantially of an oblong sheet of suitable paper or fabric, preferably paper shaped to suitable form. The opposite ends ofthe sheet are cut slanting at the corners thereof to a int a little in excess of one fourth the width of the sheet, and the intermediate portion of each end is rounded at the cortruding end thereof, shown in Fig. 3,

ners thereof to form end flaps 2 and 3. A V-shaped incision 4 is transversely made in the sheet at opposite sides thereof a distance inwardly from one end, and each incision is extended a little in excess of one fourth the width of the sheet. The V-. shaped incisions l are designed and located for the specific purpose of thereby providing side flaps 5 and 6 which are adapted to fold forwardly and overlap each other and be overlapped by the end flap 2, to form a pocket 7 to receive and hold the one end of a pile of currency, and also for the purpose I of providing side flaps 8 and 9, which are adapted to fold forwardly and overlap each other and be overlapped by the end flap 3, to form an envelop 10 to envelop the pocket 7 and the inclosures held thereby. The borders of the end flaps 2 and 3 and side flaps 5 and 8 are each provided with an adhesive substance, preferably glue, for the purpose of attaching the flaps mentioned on the overlapped flaps.

A transversely extending line of perforations llis aperturedin the sheet a little distance inwardly from the V-shaped incisions 4 and the same extends entirely across the sheet including the face and flaps of the envelop. A cable 12 of suitable material, prefer-ably linen twine, is secured on the sheet inwardly adjacent the line of perforations 11, and parallel therewith, for the purpose of tearing and separating the envelop along the line of perforations whenever apulling pressure is exerted on the cable in reverse direction. The cable 12 is attached to the inner surface of the envelop by glue or other fastening device so that when the prois pulled in reverse direction the envelop will be torn and separated along the perforations, the latter operating to prevent the tearing process from damaging that portionof the envelop which envelops the pocket 7, thereby preserving the integrity of the seal and the remitters address, as shown in Fig. 4, so that if the remitters advice is not verified by an examination of the inclosures the pocket 7 and the fragment of the envelop thereon containing the remitters address may be returned with the seal, unbroken, for inspection and correction.

To use the envelop the remitters statement is first placed in the envelop portion 10 so that it will not extend beyond the folding line 13 at the V-shaped incisions 4.

55 '1' sures therebyxposed? "The money and Checks, drafts and other cash items are similarly placed one above the other on the statement, thus formingthe pile 1 shown at 15.-

Bank notes are placed uppermost on the pile and placed, so that one end of the notes will extend to the folding line 16 of the end flap 2, the opposite end of the notes being located inwardly of the cable 12 a suitable distance to provide opportunity to examine 1 and count the'notes without removing the same from the pocket 7. The side flap is then folded forwardly on the dotted line 17 over and upon the notes and the opposite side flap is folded forwardly on the dotted line 18 so that the samewill overlap theside flap 6, and is gummed thereto, when the end flap 2 is folded forwardly on the dotted line over and upon the bank closures so th folding the bank notes inclosures. forwardly on the dotted line 19 over and "pocket 7 and outwardly of'the line 16- over and upon the side flaps 5' and 6, and 20 notes within the pocket -l1ne 21 so asto end portions of the is'gummed thereto, end of the pile of 7. The pocket 7 is then folded forwardly on the dotted line 13 notes and other inat the pocket 7 will liewithin the envelop proper, thereby backwardly upon the flap 9 is then folded thereby pocketing the the limits of The side upon the inclosures and the pocket 7, and the side flap 8 is folded forwardly on the dotted line 20 so as to overlap side flap 8, to which the former is 3 is then folded forwardly on the dotted I overlap the adjacent end portions of the side flaps 8 and 9 and is 'gummed thereon, thereby completely enveloping the pocket and the inclosures, as shown in Fig. 3. A cable 22 is successively passed through the overlapping side flap 8, the overlapped side flap 9, the pocket 7 and the. portion of the bank notes therein and the portion of the banknotes thereunder,

and'through and aroundo'ne side of the envelop, where the ends of the cable are tied, knotted'and sealed, as shown at 23 in Fig. 3. .The front portion of the envelop over the of er forations- 11 is reserved for the nemitt ers address andother'memoranda, as shown at 24in Fig."4.-'

;f When the envelop containing money. and

money ite'ms is received the end "of the cable 12 is seized and pulled" backward and there- .by the envelop isto'rn and separated along the line of perforations'f11,-and the inclomoney itemsare "and l counted vand I Copies (of: this piaten t may be obtained fo'i five cents each, by addressing the i Washington,'.'l).0. b

gummed, the end flapcompared with the remitters statement. If

0d described obviates the use of a knife or other sharp implement for opening the envelop thereby removing the danger of cutting and mutilating bank notes which have been indifi'erently and carelessly inclosed.

If an examination and count of the money and money items by the receiver discloses a shortage in amount of items or money the pocket 7 in which the remittance is sealed is returned to the remitter for correction, thereby preventing confusion and correspondence and placing responsibility upon the remitter, since the seal is unbroken and it being impossible to abstract any of the contents of the pocket without mutilating the same and leaving a fragment thereof with the sealed-pocket.

aving described my invention, what I claim is A money transmitting envelop consisting of an oblong sheet of suitable fabric having a portion thereof separately provided with oppositely disposed overlapping side flaps and with an end flap adapted to overlap the outer ends of said side flaps and thereby forming an envelop, the remaining portion of the sheet being separately provided with oppositely disposed overlapping and united side flaps] and with an end flap which overlaps the outer ends of said overlapping side flaps and is united therewith, said side flaps forming the side and said end flap the bottom of a pocket adapted to fold forwardly at its open end and lie Within said envelop portion, said envelop portion having a cross- Wise extending line of perforations traversing the body and said side flaps, and a cable secured on the inner sides of the envelop portion and extending along said perforations and adapted for totally separating the envelop at said perforations.

WILLIAM P. FAULKN ER.

Witnesses WILHELM Hnrnnnennonn, J A8. NIoHoLs.

Commissioner of Patents, 

